Kristopher D. White

Kris is the Education Manager at the American Battlefields Trust. White is a graduate of Norwich University with a M.A. in Military History, as well as a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in History. For nearly five years he served as a staff military historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He also served as a historian for the Penn-Trafford Recreation Board and a continuing education instructor for the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh, PA.

Kris has spoken to more than sixty roundtables and historical societies and is the author and co-author of numerous articles that have appeared in America’s Civil War, Blue & Gray Magazine, Hallowed Ground Magazine, and Civil War Times.

Publications:

Emerging Civil War Series (author):

Don’t Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis. Savas Beatie. (July 2016)

Fight Like the Devil: The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis. Savas Beatie. (May 2015)

That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-5, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Savas Beatie. (August 2014)

A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Savas Beatie. (May 2013)

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson: The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy’s Greatest Icon—and the Birth of Its Greatest Legend. Co-authored with Kristopher D. White. Savas Beatie. (April 2013)

Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church. Savas Beatie. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. (May 2013) —finalist for the Army Historical Foundation’s 2013 Distinguished Book Award.

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson. Thomas Publications. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Commissioned by the National Park Service. (July 2009)

Articles:

“How in the World Did They Shoot Jackson?: It’s difficult now to imagine just what went wrong at Chancellorsville.” America’s Civil War, May 2013 (cover story). Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.

“Before the Slaughter: How the Confederate Delaying Action in the Streets of Fredericksburg Set the Stage for the Bloodbath to Follow.” Hallowed Ground, November 2012. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.

“The Battle of the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Courthouse.” Blue & Gray, Summer 2009. (Publication of the article coincided with the 145th anniversary of the battle.) Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.